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Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Coordinates: 50°34′19″N 2°27′21″W / 50.57194°N 2.45583°W / 50.57194; -2.45583
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Sailing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenuesWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates29 July – 11 August 2012
No. of events10
Competitors380 from 63 nations
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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.

Venue

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Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
AddressOsprey Quay
Town or cityPortland,
CountryDorset DT5 1SA
Coordinates50°34′19″N 2°27′21″W / 50.57194°N 2.45583°W / 50.57194; -2.45583
ElevationSealevel
Opened2008
InauguratedImprovements to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy were ready for competition by 2008. The new slipway, moorings and other facilities have already been used for several international events.
ClientLOCOG
OwnerWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Other information
Seating typeStanding
Seating capacity17,400

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)

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The land based part of the WPNSA includes:

  • Administrative and game management center
  • Media center
  • The "Hangar" for measurement, social events and logistic center.
  • (Inter)National sailing center
  • Craning, mooring and slipway facilities

Course areas

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A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.[1]

Olympic Course Areas 2012.
Portland Harbour ( (P):) 50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W
Nothe Harbour ( (N):) 50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W
Weymouth Bay West ( (W):) 50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W
Weymouth Bay South ( (S):) 50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W
Weymouth Bay East ( (E):) 50° 36.58’ N 02° 19.70’ W

Competition

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Qualification

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Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating.[2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain;[2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.[3]

Overview

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Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
6 63 10 273 237 143

Continents

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  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America

Countries

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Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Argentina (ARG)  Australia (AUS)  Austria (AUT)  Belgium (BEL)
 Bermuda (BER)  Belarus (BLR)  Brazil (BRA)  Bulgaria (BUL)
 Canada (CAN)  Chile (CHI)  China (CHN)  Cook Islands (COK)
 Colombia (COL)  Croatia (CRO)  Cyprus (CYP)  Czech Republic (CZE)
 Denmark (DEN)  Egypt (EGY)  Spain (ESP)  Estonia (EST)
 Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)
 Greece (GRE)  Guatemala (GUA)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)  Ireland (IRL)  Israel (ISR)  Virgin Islands (ISV)
 Italy (ITA)  Japan (JPN)  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)  South Korea (KOR)
 Saint Lucia (LCA)  Lithuania (LTU)  Malaysia (MAS)  Mexico (MEX)
 Montenegro (MNE)  Monaco (MON)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)
 New Zealand (NZL)  Peru (PER)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)
 South Africa (RSA)  Russia (RUS)  Singapore (SIN)  Slovenia (SLO)
 Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Thailand (THA)  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)  Tunisia (TUN)  Turkey (TUR)  Ukraine (UKR)
 Uruguay (URU)  United States (USA)  Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

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Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2
RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2
Laser Radial Dinghy 1 - + - - 2008 2
Laser Dinghy 1 - + - - 1996 5
Finn Dinghy 1 0 + 1952 16
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 7
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 10
49er Dinghy 2 2 + + + 2000 4
Elliott 6m Keelboat 3 0 + + + 2012 1
Star Keelboat 2 0 + + 1932 18

Race schedule [1][4]

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 ●  Opening ceremony  ●  Practice race  ●  Race  ●  Medal race  ●  Closing ceremony
Date July August
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
30
Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Women's
Men's

 



 

 
Women's
Men's
R
2 2
2 RR
2 2 2 2
2 2 RR
2 2 2 2 2
2 2 RR
2 2 2
2 RR
2 2 2 2 2
2 2
2 2 2 3 2
2 2 2 RR
2 2 2
2 2
2 2
 
2 2
2 KO
2
2 KO
 
KO
 
KO
 
Women's
Men's
 
MR MR
MR
MR
MR
MR
 
MR
 
MR
MR
 
FP
 
Total gold medals 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Ceremonies
Legend:
  • Matchracing
    • RR = Round Robin phase
    • KO = Knockout phase
    • FP = Finals & Petite Finals
  • Fleetracing
    • MR = Medal races

Medal summary [5]

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
RS:X
details
Dorian van Rijsselberghe
 Netherlands
Nick Dempsey
 Great Britain
Przemysław Miarczyński
 Poland
Laser
details
Tom Slingsby
 Australia
Pavlos Kontides
 Cyprus
Rasmus Myrgren
 Sweden
Finn
details
Ben Ainslie
 Great Britain
Jonas Høgh-Christensen
 Denmark
Jonathan Lobert
 France
470
details
 Australia (AUS)
Mathew Belcher
Malcolm Page
 Great Britain (GBR)
Luke Patience
Stuart Bithell
 Argentina (ARG)
Lucas Calabrese
Juan de la Fuente
Star
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Fredrik Lööf
Max Salminen
 Great Britain (GBR)
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson
 Brazil (BRA)
Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada
49er
details
 Australia (AUS)
Nathan Outteridge
Iain Jensen
 New Zealand (NZL)
Peter Burling
Blair Tuke
 Denmark (DEN)
Allan Nørregaard
Peter Lang

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
RS:X
details
Marina Alabau
 Spain
Tuuli Petäjä
 Finland
Zofia Klepacka
 Poland
Laser Radial
details
Xu Lijia
 China
Marit Bouwmeester
 Netherlands
Evi Van Acker
 Belgium
470
details
 New Zealand (NZL)
Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
 Great Britain (GBR)
Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
 Netherlands (NED)
Lisa Westerhof
Lobke Berkhout
Elliott 6m
details
 Spain (ESP)
Támara Echegoyen
Ángela Pumariega
Sofía Toro
 Australia (AUS)
Olivia Price
Nina Curtis
Lucinda Whitty
 Finland (FIN)
Silja Lehtinen
Silja Kanerva
Mikaela Wulff

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)3104
2 Spain (ESP)2002
3 Great Britain (GBR)1405
4 Netherlands (NED)1113
5 New Zealand (NZL)1102
6 Sweden (SWE)1012
7 China (CHN)1001
8 Denmark (DEN)0112
 Finland (FIN)0112
10 Cyprus (CYP)0101
11 Poland (POL)0022
12 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Brazil (BRA)0011
 France (FRA)0011
Totals (15 entries)10101030

Further reading

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

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  1. ^ a b World Sailing. "2012 Summer Olympics Sailing Instructions" (PDF). World Sailing (ISAF). p. 20. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Nations Qualified". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ^ "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Sailing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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